Natural hazards · Vienna

Vienna, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vienna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Vienna?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vienna to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding59%Hurricanes17%Ice storms6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Vienna faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Vienna flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Vienna.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Vienna isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Kennebec County.

Disasters that hit Vienna

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Vienna itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Vienna.

Brought FEMA money into ViennaDeclared for Kennebec County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $251K to the Town of Vienna for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Vienna for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$120K to the Town of Vienna for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$105K to the Town of Vienna for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$27K to the Town of Vienna for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Vienna for repairs

Kennebec County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Vienna

Vienna and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chestervillemostly inland floodingHigh

New Sharonmostly inland floodingHigh

Viennamostly inland floodingLow

Mount Vernonmostly inland floodingLow

Romemostly inland floodingLow

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Vienna is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vienna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vienna. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.